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Membership Rewards is the rewards currency for many American Express cards including the The Platinum Card, American Express Preferred Rewards Gold and The American Express Rewards Credit Card. You can see a card comparison here.
You can convert Membership Rewards points into many other hotel, airline and retail schemes including Avios, Virgin Flying Club, Hilton Honors, Marriott Bonvoy and even Amazon credit. For a complete list of all UK Amex Membership Rewards transfer partners, click here.
This article looks at the best value partners to use your Membership Rewards with.
Last July, I wrote about a special American Express promotion offering 1,000 Membership Rewards points (= 1,000 Avios, amongst other things) for each new supplementary cardholder added to your .....
Last July, I wrote about a special American Express promotion offering 1,000 Membership Rewards points (= .....
3 Apr 20143 April 2014 • 11 comments
Thursday of this week is your last chance to earn a 20% bonus on transfers of Membership Rewards points to Virgin Flying Club. A lot of people, including myself, did not receive the original email .....
Thursday of this week is your last chance to earn a 20% bonus on transfers of Membership Rewards points to .....
19 Mar 201419 March 2014 • 14 comments
One of the lesser known features of the American Express Membership Rewards programme is the ability to buy up to 10,000 Membership Rewards points per year for 1.5p each. It is even less known today .....
One of the lesser known features of the American Express Membership Rewards programme is the ability to buy up .....
11 Mar 201411 March 2014 • 21 comments
American Express has launched a 20% bonus on transfers of Membership Rewards points to Virgin Flying Club. A lot of people, including myself, did not receive the email. However, the bonus is NOT .....
American Express has launched a 20% bonus on transfers of Membership Rewards points to Virgin Flying Club. A .....
22 Feb 201422 February 2014 • 24 comments
Our ‘Credit Card Offers’ tab lists all of the card deals currently available. What I thought might be interesting, though, would be to rank the sign-up bonuses in terms of cold hard cash. Put .....
Our ‘Credit Card Offers’ tab lists all of the card deals currently available. What I thought might be .....
18 Feb 201418 February 2014 • 93 comments
We spend a LOT of money in Waitrose. It is at the top of our road, about 90 seconds from our door, and one of our household is in there virtually every day. It has always annoyed me that you .....
We spend a LOT of money in Waitrose. It is at the top of our road, about 90 seconds from our door, and .....
3 Feb 20143 February 2014 • 22 comments
The question of whether you can transfer your American Express Membership Rewards points to a friend took another twist this week. January card statements contain the following text: Effective 20 .....
The question of whether you can transfer your American Express Membership Rewards points to a friend took .....
1 Feb 20141 February 2014 • 18 comments
One of my favourite American Express Membership Rewards offers is East Coast Trains, oddly enough. I just noticed that this ‘temporary’ special offer is still running, about a year after .....
One of my favourite American Express Membership Rewards offers is East Coast Trains, oddly enough. I just .....
21 Jan 201421 January 2014 • 2 comments
If one of your New Year resolutions was to churn your credit card collection in order to pick up a generous sign-up bonus, there are a number of offers which are ending soon and are well worth .....
If one of your New Year resolutions was to churn your credit card collection in order to pick up a generous .....
6 Jan 20146 January 2014 • 32 comments
American Express Travel has launched a decent bonus promotion for anyone spending £400 or more at their website. To qualify for the 1,200 point bonus, you need to spend £400 or more on pre-paid .....
American Express Travel has launched a decent bonus promotion for anyone spending £400 or more at their .....
2 Jan 20142 January 2014 • 10 comments
This is the last part of my look back at 2013. Previous articles looked at my personal travel highlights and top promotions and the large number of devaluations this year. Credit card sign-up .....
This is the last part of my look back at 2013. Previous articles looked at my personal travel highlights and .....
29 Dec 201329 December 2013 • 38 comments
American Express has sent an offer to some Preferred Rewards Gold cardholders offering them 15,000 Membership Rewards points if they upgrade to American Express Platinum. Even if you did not receive .....
American Express has sent an offer to some Preferred Rewards Gold cardholders offering them 15,000 Membership .....
19 Dec 201319 December 2013 • 101 comments
There are now 11 UK credit cards which earn Avios points at a rate of at least 1 Avios per £1 on an American Express card. This is what you now have to choose from: British Airways American .....
There are now 11 UK credit cards which earn Avios points at a rate of at least 1 Avios per £1 on an American .....
15 Nov 201315 November 2013 • 85 comments
Here are two quick updates on recent articles, because I thought the info was worth sharing. Emirates joins Membership Rewards First, I wrote on Monday that Emirates is now a partner with UK American .....
Here are two quick updates on recent articles, because I thought the info was worth sharing. Emirates joins .....
14 Nov 201314 November 2013 • 8 comments
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